“Well, be it so⁠—let us not dispute about words; and since M. de Monte Cristo and M. Zaccone are the same⁠—”

“Absolutely the same.”

“Let us speak of M. Zaccone.”

“Agreed.”

“I asked you if you knew him?”

“Extremely well.”

“Who is he?”

“The son of a rich shipbuilder in Malta.”